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74-601: A cricket stadium, all in South Punjab. In March 2021, Buzdar unveiled "uplift" projects worth Rs. 25 billion for several districts in Punjab which focused on education and stadiums. In Gujranwala , he inaugurated the Ghakar Sports Arena, Gujranwala Arts Council Auditorium, a unit of a teaching hospital medical college and a 62.5 acres landfill site project. In August 2021, he inaugurated a Lights Network at Fort Munro , and
111-534: A five-kilometer long Fort Munro-Langar Khandsar link road. Among other projects inaugurated in the area were a water supply scheme, a minor project to promote tourism, a Rescue 1122 station and a high school. In 2022, Buzdar inaugurated 21 projects at Shah Sulaiman Stadium in Taunsa Sharif . He also inaugurated the upgrade of the Government Girls High School Taunsa at a cost Rs. 90 million and
148-407: A jirga. On 22 August 2018, Geo News claimed that it was a case of mistaken identity and that Buzdar was not the same person who was accused for the murders. According to police reports, around 1982 about 60 acres of state land was “bogusly mutated” in favour of Fateh Muhammad Buzdar’s sons, therefore Usman Buzdar and his two younger brothers. An inquiry was later launched into the case, states
185-589: A master's degree in political science from Bahauddin Zakariya University . He is known to have changed many political parties. In 2001, Buzdar joined Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q). In August 2001, he was elected Tehsil Nazim of Koh e Sulieman, a tribal area where he served until 2008. He quit the PML-Q after 2008 general election and joined a forward bloc. According to another report, he remained politically affiliated with PML-Q until 2011. He joined
222-524: A police case was registered against Buzdar and his father Sardar Fateh for their involvement in the murder of at least six people during local body elections in 1998. According to reports, an anti-terrorism court in Dera Ghazi Khan found Buzdar guilty and convicted him in January 2000. Buzdar's father later allegedly paid Rs 7.5 million as blood money to the victim's family to settle the murder case through
259-694: A solarization energy program. Furthermore, Buzdar’s administration saw the launching of the Punjab Naya Pakistan Sehat Card across Punjab, which Prime Minister Imran Khan said would serve 115 million people with health insurance and would improve medical facilities. In addition to this, Buzdar claimed that 25 hospitals were being set up across Punjab during the card’s launching in December 2021. On 22 March 2020, Buzdar's government decided to close down shopping malls, markets, parks and public gathering places for two days until 24 March in response to
296-573: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Lahore General Hospital Lahore General Hospital is a public sector teaching hospital located on Ferozepur Road in Lahore , Punjab , Pakistan . It is affiliated with Ameer-ud-Din Medical College , Lahore. A piece of land measuring one square and seven acre i.e. (256 kanals ) situated on Ferozepur, Road, Lahore about 17 kilometers from Lahore
333-660: The COVID-19 Pandemic in Pakistan . Usman Buzdar urged people to stay at home, practice social distancing and avoid unnecessary travel. Buzdar announced a Rs. 10 billion relief package for financial support of 2.5 million families of daily-wage earners on 28 March. Each family was entitled to Rs. 4,000 financial assistance excluding the beneficiaries of the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP). The government also decided to remove provincial taxes to
370-544: The Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) (PML-N) prior to the 2013 general election and ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-241 (Dera Ghazi Khan-II), but was defeated by Khawaja Muhammad Nizam-ul-Mehmood . Prior to the 2018 general election , Buzdar along with other rogue PML-N members joined Janoobi Punjab Suba Mahaz, a bloc that advocated for
407-681: The Provincial Assembly of Punjab from August 2018 till January 2023 representing the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). Belonging from a Baloch family, he is a minor feudal and the Tumandar of the Baloch tribe Buzdar , since April 2019. He served as Tehsil Nazim of Tehsil Tribal Area from 2001 to 2008. Buzdar was born in May 1969 in Dera Ghazi Khan to Sardar Fateh Muhammad Buzdar . He belongs to
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#1733105081237444-474: The Sehat Insaf Card and other healthcare cards in Punjab. In May 2021, Buzdar initiated a Rs. 13.80 billion uplift package for Layyah , in order to increase universal healthcare . The package introduced Rs. 725,000 of health insurance for families every year and in addition to this, five days’ medicine provided to patients. A mother & child hospital costing Rs. 5.73 billion was also completed alongside
481-602: The Buzdar clan, which is a Baloch tribe settled in southern Punjab . Buzdar received his early education from Government Boys Primary School in Barthi, Punjab . He completed his Intermediate-level education from a government college in Multan and received a bachelors degree in law from the Law College, Multan. It was there that he practiced law at consumer courts for three years. He received
518-527: The Chief Minister, five Inspector Generals of the Punjab Police were changed. He was largely and consistently criticized for his incompetence during his time as chief minister, and was criticized as one of the worst appointments Khan made during his tenure. It was later revealed that several PTI members including Jahangir Tareen and Asad Umar were against Buzdar's appointment as Chief Minister, and it
555-478: The FIR, which found that the land was indeed “malafidely, illegally, and through fraud, in connivance with revenue officials” given to Usman Buzdar, Umar Buzdar and Tahir Buzdar in 1982, while the deed was finalised in 1986. The transfer was also illegal, as all three brothers at the time were minors. At the time the ages of the brothers were: Usman Buzdar, 13, Umar Buzdar, 12, and Tahir Buzdar, 3. The complainant had asked for
592-584: The Government Boys Higher Secondary School Taunsa uplifting at cost of Rs. 47.2 million. The same year, he inaugurated the Saggian Road - Sharaqpur Road rehabilitation project for a cost of Rs. 4.32 billion. On 28 March 2022, Buzdar offered his resignation as Chief Minister of Punjab to Prime Minister Imran Khan to ease the political crises surrounding no-confidence motion against Imran Khan . On 1 April 2022, his resignation
629-685: The Government Postgraduate College for Women, Shadab Training Institute and building of special education center in Kamoke each of which were worth Rs. 2.23 Billion and Rs. 8.3 Million. In the same statement he announced that universities in Hafizabad , Sheikhupura , Gujranwala and in other districts were underway. As Chief Minister, Usman Buzdar prioritized implementing the Sehat Sahulat Program throughout Punjab. He launched
666-536: The Insaaf Medicine Card under the program to facilitate people suffering from various diseases including AIDS , hepatitis , and tuberculosis . Buzdar’s government saw Yasmin Rashid oversee healthcare. He launched a province-wide health card program based in Lahore worth Rs. 400 Billion. His government prioritized wide ranging healthcare coverage, in which he stated his aim as millions of people benefiting from
703-530: The allotment to be cancelled and the land to be returned. The court would later deem Buzdar innocent in the matter. During his tenure as Nazim, Buzdar was accused of making 300 bogus appointments. An application was filed against him in the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in September 2016, however NAB failed to carry out investigation. Buzdar's brother denied the accusation, claiming NAB
740-518: The cover of law. It was also declared that the government would provide a month's additional salary to all healthcare workers across Punjab. The Punjab Minister for Finance Hashim Jawan Bakht said that the economic package would also help the health sector and the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) cope with the crisis with an immediate funding of Rs. 11.5 billion. Buzdar also stated that laboratories around
777-565: The creation of South Punjab province . When Janoobi Punjab Suba Mahaz merged with the PTI in May 2018, Buzdar became a member of that party. He won the election to the Punjab Assembly constituency PP-286 Dera Ghazi Khan-II on a PTI ticket. He was running for a seat in the Provincial Assembly from PP-286 as a candidate of PML-Z in the 2024 Punjab provincial election , until he abruptly
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#1733105081237814-456: The general public, leading to the creation of the hospital. At that time, the hospital was used as a convalescent home for the overflow of patients from Mayo Hospital in Lahore, and there were no adequate treatment or diagnostic facilities available at Lahore General Hospital. The department of neurosurgery of King Edward Medical College , Lahore, was set up at the hospital in 1966. This department
851-407: The hospital, which would include 400 beds in the general ward, 400 beds in cardiology, and 200 beds in blood diseases wards. Usman Buzdar Sardar Usman Ahmed Khan Buzdar ( Urdu : عثمان بزدار ; born 1 May 1969 ) is a Pakistani politician who was Chief Minister of Punjab from 20 August 2018 to 30 April 2022, when he was roundly criticised for alleged incompetence. Buzdar was a member of
888-501: The huge burden of SOT. SOT was renovated and a new recovery room was added to it. A laundry plant was also installed. Seven rooms for private patients were added in the general ward in addition to eighteen rooms in the neurosurgery department. In 2017, it became the first public sector hospital at which a laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy was performed. It was recently exempted from all utility taxes. On 12 December 2020, Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar announced an expansion of
925-1033: The office as the Chief Minister of Punjab, Buzdar held consultations with Imran Khan and formed a 23-member cabinet. The 23-member cabinet was sworn in on 27 August 2018. The second part of his cabinet, consisting of 12 provincial ministers was sworn in on 13 September 2018 increasing the size of the cabinet to 35. Meanwhile Chaudhry Sarwar was made Governor of Punjab in Buzdar's government on 5 September 2018. Minister for Cooperatives 21 November 2020 1 April 2022 Minister for Information & Culture 19 July 2019 2 December 2019 Minister for Specialized Healthcare & Medical Education 28 August 2018 April 2022 Minister for Colonies, Minister for Information & Culture 6 July 2019 2 December 2019 21 December 2020 2 November 2020 Minister for Punjab Information Technology Board 22 July 2019 27 March 2022 Minister for Tourism 19 July 2019 10 April 2022 Minister for Forestry, Wildlife & Fisheries 29 August 2018 January 2019 Under Buzdar's watch as
962-404: The province into a hub of quality higher education. In 2020, he announced a university to be constructed in the city of Muzaffargarh in order to ensure that students were not having to leave the city to receive higher education. In 2021, he approved the allocation of Rs. 740 Billion for major reforms in the education sector in a three-year plan. Following this, he announced the construction of
999-524: The province would test 3,200 people every day for coronavirus and 10,000 doctors and paramedics were being recruited to fight the pandemic. In 2019, Buzdar laid the foundation stone for the second phase of the Nishtar Hospital in Multan . The same year, Buzdar inaugurated a 52-km dual- carriageway from Dera Ghazi Khan to Muzaffargarh built at the cost of Rs. 13 billion, a vehicle inspection station and
1036-404: The quality of education extended to solarizing schools in tribal regions. Upon taking office, in early 2019, he unveiled a five-year education policy titled “The New Deal” for the province to enroll 4.8 million children estimated to be out of school in Punjab into schools. The Buzdar government also oversaw the establishment of 12 new universities across Punjab, reinforcing the goal of transforming
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1110-548: The tune of Rs. 18 billion. Buzdar said that the Punjab government had decided to grant a 90-day imprisonment rebate to prisoners in jails across the province which would benefit some 3,100 prisoners. Furthermore, the Punjab Infectious Diseases Prevention and Control Ordinance, 2020, was implemented to allow the civil administration and health department to implement government measures with complete ease and under
1147-521: Was accepted by the Governor of Punjab , but he remained in office till the appointment of the new Chief Minister. Buzdar was set to be replaced by Chaudhry Parvez Elahi , leader of PML-Q. On 30 April 2022, he left office of Chief Minister when Hamza Shahbaz took oath as newly elected Chief Minister. Following his nomination for the office of Chief Minister of Punjab in August 2018, reports had surfaced that
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1184-478: Was attached with AIMC. This continued till 31 May 1997. Then, again, LGH was attached with PGMI on 31 May 1997. At present, all these departments are attached with PGMI Lahore, including the neurosurgery department. On 1 July 1998, Lahore General Hospital was declared as an autonomous hospital. Dr. Sabiha Khurshid Ahmad was appointed as 1st chief executive of this hospital. After the autonomy, new operation theaters of urology and orthopedics were started, which lowered
1221-621: Was housed in an old building temporarily till 1981. Then, after the creation of Postgraduate Medical Institute Lahore in 1974, Lahore General Hospital Lahore was affiliated with the Postgraduate Medical Institute in July 1975. In 1995, on the shifting of Allama Iqbal Medical College to a new campus, the Jinnah Hospital complex was affiliated with AIMC and PGMI was shifted to Services Hospital , Lahore. The Lahore General Hospital
1258-569: Was one of the major points of disagreement among Khan and other party members. Usman Buzdar's administration made significant initiatives in expanding educational opportunities in underdeveloped regions, particularly South Punjab. His government established Punjab's first technical university in Dera Ghazi Khan , aimed at providing vocational and higher education in technical fields. Additionally, new campuses were developed, including Ghazi University 's new campus and several degree colleges, with enhanced educational programs. His focus on improving
1295-466: Was proposed for the construction of a beggar house. The foundation was laid down by Begum Nahid Sikandar Mirza (w/o then governor-general of Pakistan Iskander Mirza ), on 27 February 1958. The first phase of the building was completed in late 1958. An opening ceremony was held on 30 September 1958 by Nahid Mirza . Due to some reasons the proposed beggar house plan was sacked and it was decided by then government leaders to provide health facilities to
1332-618: Was removed from the party by chairman Imran Khan on the 1 August 2023. But later he withdraw from 2024 election and his brother ran for seat as an independent candidate On 17 August 2018, Imran Khan nominated Buzdar as PTI's candidate for the office of Chief Minister of Punjab . His nomination surprised many in the PTI and received widespread criticism as he was a lesser known figure in Pakistan's political spectrum. According to Khan, he chose to support Buzdar because Buzdar hailed from an economically backwards area of Punjab , so much so that he
1369-444: Was the only member of the Punjab Assembly who "lacked electricity at his home". Other analysts claimed the selection was because Buzdar lacked an independent power base, competence and was thus totally reliant on Khan to hold on to office. On 19 August 2018, he was elected as the Chief Minister. He received 186 votes against his opponent Hamza Shahbaz Sharif who secured 159 votes. He was sworn in on 20 August 2018. After assuming
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